Thousands of foreign businesses operating without permit being probed
THE Commerce Ministry has launched an in-depth investigation of 6,551 suspicious businesses wherein foreigners holding 50 percent or more shares are operating without permit in violation of an annex of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) with technology used to analyse and link databases in screening them, PPTVHD36 said today (May 4). At […]
Read MoreTwo foreigners chase, steal luxury watch from American man in Phuket
A ROBBERY that shocked local people in Phuket took place last evening (Sep. 17) with two foreigners chasing and stealing a 300,000 baht watch from an American man as he rode down a road, Amarin TV said this evening. The crime occurred on Layan Soi 7 road, Cherngtalay subdistrict, Thalang district, with the two […]
Read More2 foreigners found dead in the same Pattaya condo within 2 hours
A SHOCKING incident occurred in Pattaya City today (July 17) as two foreign men were found dead in the same condominium building, but on different floors, only two hours apart with this puzzling the policemen who have launched a thorough investigation, Amarin TV said. This seaside city’s police were first alerted at 2 p.m. […]
Read More‘Hi-so’ Israeli woman held on drug charge on Koh Phangan
AN Israeli woman was arrested on drug trafficking charges on Koh Phangan after a sting operation led to police finding 1.4 grammes of ecstasy crystals on her, MNG Online said yesterday (Aug. 8). Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Phuek-am, head of the Tourist Police, had ordered Pol. Lt. Col. Vinij Bunchit, attached to Tourist Police […]
Read MoreMyanmar junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian grounds – state media
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch MYANMAR’S military government will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, state media reported on yesterday (Jan. 4). The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power in February 2021, reversing a decade-long democratic experiment, and […]
Read MoreThais and foreigners brawl on Pattaya street
A STREET fight broke out between a group of Thais and some foreigners, believed to be Indians, in Pattaya early yesterday morning (Dec. 28) with a metre long stick, belts, glass bottles, a metal rod and ladles used in the riotous brawl, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said last evening. Traffic came to […]
Read MoreBig cash transfer a new clue to missing German businessman
INVESTIGATION of the mysterious disappearance of a German businessman in Chonburi last week made some headway with an unusual transfer of over 2 million baht discovered while three foreigners were questioned, one of them a woman, as were his Thai wife and children, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapes said today (July 10). Mr. Hans-Peter […]
Read MoreForeign restaurant employees bash up tourists at Patong
DOING the rounds on Thai social media is a 40-second video clip showing a group of tourists being attacked by three foreign employees of a restaurant at Phuket’s Patong beach who aside from punching them also hit them with a aluminium rod and a chair, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. 27). The brawl […]
Read MoreNew regulation allowing foreigners to buy land withdrawn: Anupong
INTERIOR Minister Anupong Paochinda this morning (Nov. 8) said before attending a Cabinet meeting that a draft ministerial regulation allowing four categories of foreigners to buy maximum one rai of land for residential purposes is being withdrawn to study this sensitive issue again, Matichon newspaper said. When asked whether the draft will be resubmitted […]
Read MoreAnupong proposes cancelling regulation allowing foreigners to buy land
INTERIOR Minister Anupong Paochinda sent a letter to the Government House stating that he will be proposing to the Cabinet tomorrow (Nov. 8) that a draft ministerial regulation allowing four categories of foreigners to buy maximum one rai of land for residential purposes be revoked, Matichon newspaper said. This step was taken after several […]
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